AC Milan to Sign Fernando Torres?

Milan's search for a world-class striker has gone on for the past two seasons, ever since Ronaldo left on a free transfer.

For a club of Milan's stature, that is far too long.

With Ricky Kaka at his prime in the lineup, the absence of a targetman wasn't really felt. However, now that Kaka is plying his trade at Real Madrid, the club has intensified its search.

With the fans now restless and on the verge of turning on beloved President Berlusconi, a world-class attacker has been promised by Galliani and co. to replace one of the best players in the world.

Milan's strikers haven't entirely disappointed this season, but the number of chances presented to them by Ronaldinho and the rest of the midfield that go by unconverted is unacceptable.

And so Milan have been chasing Edin Dzeko for the past six months, only to find out that Wolfsburg have put a forty million euro pricetag on his head.

That amount, for an as of yet inexperienced striker who plays in one of Europe's second-tier leagues, is a bit much.

For instance, look at Benzema who transferred from Lyon to Real Madrid for a comparable price and is now struggling for form.

Edin Dzeko would be one for the future, but Milan already have that in Alexandre Pato, a player commonly cited as a future World Player of the Year.

Recently, Milan have begun to be linked with what is the best striker in the world, and in many people's opinions a present World Player of the Year.

Liverpool's Fernando Torres would be perfect for Milan, and Milan would in return be perfect for Torres.

The advantages of Torres playing for Milan is obvious in respect to Milan, so much so that I shouldn't even have to go into them.

He is strong, fast, tall, intelligent, and most of all deadly.

He needs no more than one chance, no more than one meter of space, to make you regret ever having come up against him.

With the amount of chances that Milan create in front of goal, he would be devastating.

But it isn't just Milan that would benefit from this relationship—Torres would gain something too.

The one weakness Torres has is his constant injuries; it's not entirely untrue that had Torres been able to stay fit last season, Liverpool might have come away with the league title.

And again this season, had he not been injured, Liverpool might not be seventh in the league. 

Cue "MilanLab," and the world's most advanced medical technology combined with some of the world's leading physicians and doctors.

These guys know what they're doing; they're the ones who kept Cafu playing 'till he was 38 and Maldini and Costacurta 'till they were 41. 

The purpose of this world-class medical facility is to keep world-class players in optimal physical condition and (taken from Milan's official website ), "...to optimize the psycho-physical management of the athletes by entrusting this task to MilanLab, which represents the ideal combination of science, technology, IT, cybernetics and psychology..."

To put this in perspective, think of what Lionel Messi was able to achieve once he stopped getting injured all of the time. Now apply that to Fernando Torres.

Plus, look at the state of Liverpool.

Torres is basically having to drag the team through every season, every game. He used to have someone helping him shoulder the burden in Steven Gerrard, but even he is having problems this season.

The rest of the team (with the exception of Jose Reina and Javier Mascherano) is made up of mediocre players—the team's standing in the league show this.

And with no sign of improvement, no Champions League football this season, and perhaps the next as well, perhaps Torres owes it to himself to move.

He is a truly world-class player, one who deserves more than just playing in a team that is fighting just to get a CL spot. He should be fighting for cups and trophies.

In much the same way that David Villa loves his team, he is now beginning to realize that he is too good for those that surround him.

At Milan, Torres would be able to share the pitch with some of the best around today, a team including players that have won the CL multiple times as well as the World Cup.

There are more medals hanging around the necks of Milan's players presently than there are in the entire history of Liverpool.

And any notion that Milan cannot afford to purchase world-class players at their prime is just not true. That Milan is in financial crisis is complete paper talk, especially since the sale of Kaka erased all doubts. 

Milan are actually one of the most profitable clubs in the world (recent data putting them at sixth) and are actually debt-free, unlike most other big clubs, like Liverpool.

A complete profile of Milan's finances can be seen here .

People that say that Milan could not afford Luis Fabiano for twenty million euros or Cissokho for fifteen are completely wrong.

It wasn't that Milan couldn't afford them, it was that they didn't think they were worth that much (in Cissokho's case it turns out that he did have muscular problems when he was young, which show signs in teeth structure).

So if Milan truly want to shell out the euros, they will do so, but only when they see value. Fernando is the definition of value.

Torres has always said that he'd like to experience the top three leagues in Europe—Spain, England, and Italy. He's already played in two of those, all that's left now is Italy.